With a bill sure to delight metal-heads up and down the country, Amon Amarth have confirmed the dates of a headline UK run this coming October and November, with support from both Testament and Grand Magus.

Legendary rock weekender Download Festival have released the names of 23 more acts for its 2015 lineup. The festival will take place at Donington Park, Derbyshire from June 12th-14th, and you can check out all the new names below:

Bay Area’s Testament have just revealed details of their upcoming CD/DVD release, titled ‘Dark Roots Of Thrash’, which is set for release on October 14th 2013 through Nuclear Blast Records. The release will be made available in a variety of formats, including the standard “Steelbook” DVD/2CD, limited “Steelbook” Blu-Ray/2CD and double vinyl. You can view the artwork and tracklistings below:

Bloodstock doesn’t sound like the place where any normal person would like to spend their weekend, but for the more interesting souls, these four days form the basis of the premium heavy metal in the UK. If you like fully grown men bumming each other over and over in the middle of a field in full view of everybody, Bloodstock is the place for you. We caught a bunch of bands performing across the weekend, and this is what we thought of them: